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PETERMAN v. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Docket No. 95972, (Calendar No. 2).

446 Mich. 177 (1994)

521 N.W.2d 499

PETERMAN v. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Clancey & Associates, P.C. (by Philip A. Clancey), and Thomas J. Dignan, for the plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, A. Michael Leffler, Assistant in Charge, and Gary L. Hicks, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

RILEY, J.

In the instant case, we are presented with the scope of the constitutional guarantee that property shall not be taken by the state for public purposes without due process and just compensation. More specifically, we must determine whether the Department of Natural Resources must compensate property owners for the destruction of beachfront property caused by the filtration of sand from the water because of the construction of a boat launch. We hold that while...

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